Academic News

Design professor Allen Brewer participated in Paper Darts’ “Choose Your Own Adventure” event at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts on January 17. Brewer made work based on the public’s descriptions of Art. Brewer also spoke about his creative process in an interview with Amina Harper for Paper Darts.

Additional Information:

• Brewer's Interview (paperdarts.com).

Current MFA Student Ashely Peifer won first place in the Grad Student category for a major Design Sponge scholarship.

A painting by current MFA student Dani Wagner was recently accepted into a group juried exhibition at Middle Tennessee State University. The 12 x 12 Exhibition will take place from January 17 through February 14, 2013.

Additional Information:

• Dani Wagner Art (tumblr.com)

Heeyun Kim, a current MFA student in Comic Art, was featured in [b]racket magazine, an independent art magazine in Daegu, South Korea which introduces multicultural artists. The article on Kim included three of her illustrations along with a write up on her work.

Additional Information:

• Bracket Magazine (wordpress.com)

Work by Jim Keefe (Adjunct Faculty, Design) will be featured on the cover of the February 2013 issue of Comics Revue, a comic strip anthology magazine.

Additional Information:

• Comics Revue (jimkeefe.com)

Andy Sturdevant writes a weekly column titled The Stroll for MinnPost. In November, he wrote about “MCAD’s Art Cellar and the Ephemeral Art of Handmade Signage.”

Additional Information:

• MCAD Art Cellar on MinnPost (minnpost.com)

Quodlibetica's Constellation 22 again featured a lineup of MCAD staff, faculty, and alum. Faculty and founder Lightsey Darst, staff member Jenna Westrick, and alum Katelyn Farstad were among the contributors.

Additional Information:

• Constellation 22 (quodlibetica.com)

Tom Garrett is part of a group exhibition at the Katherine E. Nash gallery at the Regis Center for Art. Minnesota Funk. a group exhibition that playfully explores the diverse side of Minnesota culture kicks off the 10th anniversary year. The public reception was on December 6 at the Regis Center.

Gregory Euclide ‘08 was featured in the Gestalen Press book, High Touch: Tactile Design and Visual Explorations.

Additional Information:

• Gregory Euclide (gregoryeuclide.com)

Media Arts professor Vince Leo reviewed Elementary Calculus by J. Carrier. His review is posted on the Little Brown Mushroom blog.

Additional Information:

• Vince Leo’s review of Elementary Calculus (littlebrownmushroom.com)

Erin Moren ‘07 and Nate Moren ‘08 are the co-owners, designers, and fabricators of Tandem Made, a Minneapolis based custom design and build studio. They are excited to announce the launch of their new website designed by Justin McKinley ‘10 and developed by Tyler Stefanich ‘09. Visit the Tandem Made site at tandemmade.com.

Additional Information:

• Tandem Made (tandemmade.com)

Patrick Redmond ‘72 received a Merit Award from the Advertising Federation of Minnesota, a member of the American Advertising Federation, in AdFed’s The Show 2012 competition on November 9.